A number of sheep.................  eating grass now.
A.are
B.is
C.was
D.were

Question 31 – 35: Which of the following best restates each of the given sentences?
"No, I won't go to work at the weekend," said Sally.
A.Sally refused to go to work at the weekend.
B.Sally promised to go to work at the weekend.
C.Sally apologized for not going to work at the weekend.
D.Sally regretted not going to work at the weekend.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
I haven't heard from Susan for several months.

A.I didn't hear from Susan several months ago.
B.Susan heard from me several months ago.
C.Susan didn't hear from me several months ago.
D.I last heard from Susan several months ago.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
Phone me if there are any new _______.
A.develop
B.developed
C.developing
D.developments

Exercise 4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
She comes from an admirable and respectable family.
A.good                       
B.respected                 
C.unworthy                
D.dignified

If George had been honest, he............. the money.
A.will return
B.would return
C.returned
D.would have returned

What has research of the base revealed?
A.There are cracks in the foundation                    
B.Tomb robbers have stolen the Pharaoh’s body
C.The lines represent important events     
D.A superior race of people built in

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The people awaiting their delayed flight had to spend the night _______ on the cold floor.
A.slept                 
B.having slept     
C.to sleep
D.sleeping

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber. All living creature, especially human beings, have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. What else can be said about a bizarre animal that, among other eccentricities, eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered supremely edible by gourmets?
For some fifty million years, despite all its eccentricities, the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow water, or on the surface of mud flats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to such up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.
Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, ranging from black to reddish-brown to sand-color and nearly white. One form even has vivid purple tentacle. Usually the creatures are cucumber-shaped-hence their name-and because they are typically rock inhabitants, this shape, combine with flexibility, enables them to squeeze into crevices where they are safe from predators and ocean currents.
Although they have voracious appetites, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the capacity to become quiescent and live at a low metabolic rate-feeding sparingly or not at all for long periods, so that the marine organisms that provide their food have a chance to multiply. If it were not for this faculty, they would devour all the food available in a short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence.
But the most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Its major enemies are fish and crabs, when attacked, it squirts all its internal organs into the water. It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles. The sea cucumber will eviscerate and regenerate itself if it is attached or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.
What can be inferred about the defense mechanisms of the sea cucumber?
A.They are very sensitive to surrounding stimuli.
B.They are almost useless.
C.They are similar to those of most sea creatures.
D.They require group cooperation.

According to the passage which of the following is the LEAST amount of time necessary for glacial ice to form?
A.Several months
B.Several years     
C.At least fifty years         
D.A century